Typographic numbering-machine.



Nn. 66mm. Patented mv. 6,11'100. E. a. BATES ab c; SPIELMANN. TYPGRAPHIC NUMBERING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 30, 1897.)

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E. a. BATES & c. SPIELMAANN.

TYPDGRAPHIC NUMBERING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug'. 30, 1897.1

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ruimen stamps amener `iericni EDYVIN G BATES AND CHARLES SPIELMANN, OF NET YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN- ORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE BATES MACHINE COMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

TYPOGRAPHlC NUMBERlNGnlVlAGl-HNE.

SPECIFIOATON forming part of Letters Patent N o. 661,437, dated November 6, 1900.

Application filed August 30, 1897. Serial No. 6491984 (N0 mdl') To @ZZ whom ir may conce/172,: 82, 85e., carried by the swinging plate fl, sup- 5o Be it known that we, EDWIN G. BATES, a ported by arms 10 10, having bearings on the resident of New York, county of New York, axis. Arm 10 has a notch 11, into which exand CHARLES SPIELMANN, a resident of New tends a pin 12 from lever 13, pivotcd at 14 5 York, (Brooklym) county of Kings, State of and having,` a head l5, extending out beyond New York, citizens of the United States, have the rear side of the n umberingdiead. 55 invented certain new and useful Improve 1G is a slot in which pin l2 can travel.

ments in Typographic Numbering-ll/Iachines, 17 is a pcriod-earrying,r device normally held of which the :following` is a specification. on the end 18 of the frame l. by the rod or 1o This invention relates to automatic num screw 19, extending vertically through said heling-machines adapted to be locked in a end, being' pressed down lightly by a spring` 6o chase with a form, being surrounded by type- 20, acting between the screw-head 21 and matter or used separately when numbers only shoulder 22, which shoulder is formed by are to be printed; and the main object of the making` the hole larger at the bottom than at z5 invention is to provide such a machine with the top, as shown in Fig. 1.

means for retarding rotary movement of the 23, Figs. 4 and 5, is an arm projecting,l down 65 first or unit figure-wheel, and consequently' from the period-plate, adapted to rest against of the following,l wheels as their pawls come one side ol' the channel-piece 1S@ forming a into action, until there is a clearance between part of the frame end 1S, the channel being` zo the printed paper and the peripheries of the adapted to fit and to move on rib 24. The

ligure-wheels period-plate 17 is movable in relation to the 7o Another object is to provide automatic frame end 18 and channel-piece 1S'. Arm 2S catch and stop devices for the numberiugand rod 19 guide plate 17in a straight vertihead. cal line when it is moved, as hereinafter ex.-

z 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective plained.

view of the numbering-head. Eig. 2is alike 17' is a periodprinting projection on the 75 View oit' a casing for the head. Fig. 3 is a verplate 17. tical section on line 3 3 of Eig'. 2. Fig. 4 is a In the preferred form of retarding device partial section on line et 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is on the axis beside ratchetwheel o of the 3o an end view of a period plate or device defirst or unit ligure-wheel is a loose wheel 25,

tached. Fig. e' is a plan of a modification. having a different number of teeth 2G than 8o Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Eig. 6. Fig. wheels 6 have ratchet-teeth. Wheel 25, as S is a section on line 8 8 of Fig. G. Fig. 9 shown, has eight teeth,aud these do not corshows a modified retarding device in elevarespond in angular position to the teeth of 35 tion. Fig. 10 is a partial edge view thereof.v the ratchet-wheels. It will be found that Fig. 11 shows another modified device. Fig. when the rst-that is, the longest-pand S, 85 12 is a perspective view of a locking device. which is made wide enough to engage both Fig. 13 shows a modified hook, and Fig. 14 is wheel G and wheel 25, is in position to advance a vertical section of the numbering-head on its igure-wheel (see dotted position in Fig.

4o a plane between wheel 25and the first ratchet- 4.-) the pawl must turn wheel 25 a certain dis wheel. tance before it can reach the next tooth 6 ol 9o l is a frame, in which is mounted a non' the ratchet-wheel to advance it. On the unrotary axis 2, on which are several igureder side of. the period-plate is a curved tooth wheels 3, normally held from turning by or cam 27, which fits in between the two up- 45 pawls 4E and springs 5, the pawls engaging; per teeth of wheel 25. The outer case 2S,

teeth of the ratchet-wheels 6, each gureopen at top and bottom, is adapted to receive 95 wheel having such a ratchet-wheel secured the head. to it. 24- is a rib adapted to Vtit a corresponding 7 is a pawl-plate, with stepped pawls 8 8 groove 29 in frame 1 to insure exact position /I and accurate movem/ent of the head. A similar guide-i330 may be placed on the opposite side'of the case, and this may cooperate with shoulder 31 of the frame. Shelf 33 forms an abutment for springs 34: of the head.

In the rear side of the case is a notch 35, adapted to receive the head of pivoted lever 13, locked therein by an automatic springcatch 36, 37 being its operating-spring.

Vhen the numbering-head is pressed down into the case, the head of lever 13 pressing against the beveled head of the catch forces it back and when fully entered is engaged thereby, but not so as to prevent movement of the lever on its pivot. This construction provides for removal of the numbering-head from the case for cleaning or other purpose without removing any screws and merely by pressing back the catch, which can be done without even unlocking the form. When pressure is removed from the numberinghead,itis forced up a shortdistance by springs 34, as it is also after each printing impression. The period normally is in position level with the peripheries of the figures of the numberwheels in printing position, and these are when at rest (before being pressed upon) about an eighth of an inch or less above the height of type in the form, and upon being pressed in the act of printing descend to the height of the type, and upon pressure being removed the wheels and period move upward about one thirty-second ofan inch, when the moving pawl comes in contact with one of the teeth of the loose wheel,advancing said wheel, causing one of its arms 26 1o press against cam 27, forcing the period block upward above the peripheries of the gure-wheels about one-sixteenth of an inch. As arm 26 passes the highest part of the cam the resistance to movement of the pawl decreases and the pawl freely advances the figure-wheels engaged thereby. Downward movement of the numbering-head in the case advances the pawl-plate by lever 13, the outer end of which is held by the catch, so that one or more of its pawls engage the next ratchet-teeth to advance one or more of the ligure-wheels, which is accomplished when the head rises. Wheel 25, cam 27, and the yielding plate by which it is carried constitute means for retarding the advancement of the figure-wheels until they have positively separated from the printed paper.

Hook 36 is so supported that its lower end 36 normally stands when the head is in the case just above rib 42, thus forming a stop to limit the upward movement of the head. When the head is introduced, the combined catch and stop automatically yields to ad mit the end of the lever 13 below the catch and to allow the rib to pass below the stop, spring 37 then acting to hold the catch in engagement and the stop over the rib.

36, Fig. 13, is a modified hook adapted to catch and hold lever 13, but not adapted to act as a stop and may be used with a separate stop device.

A modified device for retarding rotary movement of the unit ligure-wheel is sh own in Figs. 6, 8, 9, and 10. Instead of the periodplate of form shown in the figures above described and the loose wheel 25 a period device 17a is used having guide-arms 17b to insure straight up-and-down movement, also a pin 39X, adapted to move vertically in a hole in the shaft, being pressed down lightly by spring 20. This period plate or device, which spans the ratchet 6 on the unit-wheel 3, has a pawl 38, pivotedin asocket 38', adapted when the pawl-plate is moved into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 8 by the depression of the numbering-head in the case 28 to engage a tooth or shoulder 39 on arm lO of plate 9, supporting` the stepped pawls and to retard movement of the unitwheel until the pawl and tooth become disengaged. Notch 11, it will be understood, has the same purpose as the like notch in Fig. l--that is, it is designed to receive the end of a pin 12, by which the pawl-plate is swung, as above described.

Tooth or shoulder 39 is formed on a metal piece 40, secured to the inner face of arm 10 in the position shown in Figs. 9 and l0. When the head is up, arm 10, tooth 39, and pawl 38 occupy the relative positions shown in full lines in Fig. 9, and when the head is pressed down in the act of printing arm 10 is thrown to dotted position-for example, by a pin 12 and cooperating parts, as shown in Fig. l-thus bringing tooth 39 below the bottom Vof pawl 38, which is at once caused to engage said tooth by spring 38x, and arm 10 in moving reversely must raise the period device against spring 20', thereby retarding the returnthat is, the iigure-wheel-feeding movement due to expansion of springs 34. Before arm 10 reaches its full-line position shoulder 39 will slip from under pawl 38, owing to the lateral movement of said pawl being limited by a projection or stop 38.

In Fig. 11 pawl 38 has a circular head which lits snugly in a similarly-shaped socket 385', of such shape as to hold the pawl without a pivot-pin and allowing a slight turning or hinge movement. In this form the pawl engages shoulder 39 formed on arm 10.

In order to automatically engage head 15 of lever 13 when the numbering-head is introduced into case 28, we may dispense with the notch 35 and terminate lever 13 inside thecase and provide a spring-pressed engaging hooklever 36', pivoted at 41, lever 36' being adapted to catch the end 15 of lever 13. With this construction the hook is so formed that when the end of lever 13 is inserted it will stand directly above the pivot, and the hook will thus form a rigid bearing for the end of the lever, corresponding to the bottom of notch 35, Fig. 2, to turn lever 13 on its pivot 11i when the head is depressed. The lower end 3 of this hook-lever stands above ribs 42 on frame l in such position as to form a stop to arrest u p ward movement of the head at the proper point. llhen the head is placed in the case, the hook-lever automaticallymoves to allow ribs eli to pass below it. Preferably the hook-lever has a transverse extension 43, carrying an arm 44, also adapted to engage the rib l2 at the other side of the case on an edge of frame l, a clearance a2 being provided to allow up-and-down movement of the head within desired limits.

We claiml. In an automatic nu mbering-machine,the combination oi' figure-wheels having ratchetwheels, stepped pawls, which when set for advancing said wheels are a short distance behind the ratchet-teeth to be operated on, means for moving the pawls for advancing the ratchet and figure wheels, and means consisting of a movable period-plate in position to be moved by the stepped-pawl mechanism before the pawls can engage the ratchets of the tigure-wliecls to be moved for preventing the beginning of rotation of the figure-wheels u ntil said wheels have moved a distance from the plane of the printed paper.

The combination of a numbering-head having a frame, an axis, ligure and ratchet wheels thereon, a pawl-plate and stepped pawls, the longest pawl being wider than its ratchet, a 'loose toothed wheel 25 on the axis beside the ratchet of the unit-Wheel in position to be moved b y said longest pawl, the teeth of wheel 25 having a different radial or angular arrangement than the ratchet-wheel teeth, whereby when the pawl-plate is moved so that one or more of the pawls will on their return movement advance figure-wheels, the longest pawl iirst engages a tooth of wheel before reaching a tooth of the ratchetwheel, and means for retarding movement of wheel 25.

3. ln a numbering-machine having figurewheels, stepped pawls and means for moving the pawls, a movable period-plate having a downwardly-extending cam or tooth, a loose toothed wheel between the teeth of which the cam is adapted to lit, and a tooth of the stepped pawl adapted to engage atooth of the loose wheel before moving the rst .figurewheel.

a. ln a numbering-machine having figurewheels, ratchets and stepped pawls for ad- \\'ancing them, said pawls when set for advancing the ratchets and Figure-wheels being a short distance behind the ratchet-teeth to be engaged, a lever for moving said pawls, a period-plate, and means operated by movement of said lever for raising the period-plate before said pawls reach ratchet-teeth to 1n ove Yfigure-wheels, thereby retarding the latter.

5. In a numbering-machine having figurewheels and stepped pawls for advancing them, a level' for moving said pawls, a period-plate, a spring normally holding it on a level with the figure-wheels, and means operated by movement of said lever for raising the periodplate against tension of its spring.

6. In a nu mbering-machine having ligurewheels and stepped pawls for advancing them, a level` for moving said pawls, a period-plate, a spring normally7 holding the period-plate on a level with the iigure-wheels, and means operated by movement of said lever for raising the period-plate against the tension of its spring before said pawls move igure-wheels,

thereby retarding the latter, and means forr guiding the period-plate in a perpendicular line.

7. In a numbering-machine having ligurewheels and means for advancing them, a pe; riod-plate normally level with the figurewheels, means for raising the period-plate, said means acting to raise the period-plate above the figure-wheels before the means for advancing them moves the iirst figure-Wheel.

8. The combination of a case, a numberinghead adapted to move up and down therein, a pivoted arm carried by the head and projecting therefrom, a catch connected to the case and having a hook engaging said pivoted arm on the head, said catch having a part distinct from said hook adapted to engage the head to limit outward movement thereof.

9. The combination of a case, a numberinghead adapted to move up and down therein7 and a hook connected to the case and holding the head therein, said hook having a part adapted to engage the head to limit outward movement thereof, said hook having also a transversel extension with an arm 44C adapted to engage the head at the opposite side thereof.

10. The combination ot'a case, a numberinghead adapted to move up and down therein, a yielding hook with beveled head Within the case, andan arm connected to the head in position to press back said hook and to be engaged thereby when the head is introduced into the case.

ll. The combination ofa case, anumberinghead adapted to move up and down therein, a rib on the head, a stop-arm adapted to be automatically moved back when the head is introduced into the case to allow the rib to pass it, and a spring for returning the stoparm to position to engage the rib to limit its outward movement.

Signed this 16th day ot' August, 1897.

EDl/VIN G. BATES. CHARLES SPIELMANN. Witnesses:

HENRY DISTLER, CHRISTOPHER PisKn.

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